Security: False Utopic Dreams vs. The Faithful God
Lam. 3:21, “This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. Lam. 3:22, “Through the LORD’S mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. Lam. 3:23, “They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lam. 3:24, “ ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, “ ‘Therefore I hope in Him!’ Lam. 3:25, “The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. Lam. 3:26, “It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.”
2 Kings 18:5, “He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. 2 Kings 18:6, “For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.”
2 Kings 18:5, “He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. 2 Kings 18:6, “For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.” jAfD;b ( baœt � ah � ) “trust in, feel safe, be confident, careless.”
2 Kings 18:5, “He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. 2 Kings 18:6, “For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.” jAfD;b ( baœt � ah � ) “trust in, feel safe, be confident, careless. qAb � ;d ( daœbaq ) cleave, cling, stick to, stick with, hold onto.
2 Kings 18:7, “The LORD was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.”
Psa. 146:3, “Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.”
Jer. 17:5, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the LORD.” Jer. 17:7, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD.”
Psa. 18:2, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
Psa. 18:30, “As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.”
Psa. 91:2, “I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.’ ” Psa. 91:4, “He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.” jAfD;b ( baœt � ah � ) “trust in, feel safe, be confident, careless.”
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